Pakistan, UK for enhanced bilateral trade, investment ties.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed his resolve to further enhance bilateral trade and investment ties and to work closely with the United Kingdom (UK), it emerged.

The prime minister expressed these views while talking to British High Commissioner Dr. Christian Turner, who called him here this morning.

The High Commissioner congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on assuming the office of the prime minister and conveyed the best wishes of the British government.

The prime minister expressed his gratitude to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his congratulatory tweet.

The prime minister added that Pakistan highly valued its relations with the UK, which were based on historical linkages and convergent interests on a broad range of issues.

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